Year: 2015
Ambode inaugurates Tribunal of Enquiry into killing of Disu
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday inaugurated a five-man Tribunal of Enquiry to investigate the civil…
Lagos shuts 6 companies over N50m tax evasion
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Thursday shut six companies for non-remittance of taxes due to…
Amaechi, Lokpobiri, 3 others screened by Senate
echi Former Governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi was Thursday screened by the Nigerian Senate as a ministerial nominee. He…
Tunde Oshofisan goes home Friday with unfulfilled dream
KAYODE APONMADE The remains of the late top musician and the late Roy Chicago’s ace vocalist, Tunde Oshofisan, will be…
THIS BIAFRA MATTER
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema I read of demonstrations in Port Harcourt, Delta and Anambra States calling for the release of…
Osun’s belt-tightening moves: Options before Nigerian states
By Alabi Olufemi Adekunle “Every adversity in life makes us bitter or better, every problem comes to break us or…
Woman cuts off neigbour’s ear with table knife
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 60-year-old single mother, Miss Kehinde Adeniyi has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly…
N139m debt: Receiver manager takes over Italian company
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria, has granted leave to a Lagos lawyer, Barrister Temilolu…
Fed Ministry wants Lagos Psychiatric hospital workers to end strike
Taiwo Adelu Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Linus Awute, has called on the striking workers of Federal…
In three months, IS carries out 1,000 attacks, kills 3,000
AFP – A major increase in violence by the Islamic State group saw over 1,000 attacks and nearly 3,000 deaths…
No hiding place for Boko Haram, cattle rustlers – GOC
Major General Adeniye Oyebade, the General Officer Commanding, 1 Division Nigeria Army, Kaduna, says there is no hiding place for…
APC kicks against Akwa Ibom tribunal judgment, set to appeal
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday said it would appeal against the judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal…
EFCC calls four witnesses against Sule Lamido, presents bank statements
The trial of Alhaji Sule Lamido, former Jigawa governor, who is being prosecuted on a 27-count charge alongside his two…
Boko Haram: Lagos donates N150m to Adamawa, Borno, Yobe
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday made donation of N50 million each to Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, worst hit…
Council of State commends Jega
The Council of State on Wednesday commended former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, for his…
Amaechi vs Senate: Stormy session predicted today
There are indications that some senators from the Peoples Democratic Party would try to stonewall the confirmation hearing as a…
Hamilton within reach of third Formula One title in Texas
Lewis Hamilton will emulate his childhood hero Ayrton Senna and join a select group of multiple Formula One drivers’ world…
We will not impose additional tax in Kwara – Gov Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has assured the people of the state that no additional tax burden would be imposed…
US offers Niger surveillance planes as Boko Haram attacks continue
en The United States offered Niger two military surveillance planes Wednesday as attacks by suspected Boko Haram extremists continued in…
Marijuana use doubles in US in a decade
AFP – Nearly one in 10 adults smokes marijuana in the US, a rate that has more than doubled in…
Celebration in Abuja, Uyo, Lagos as tribunal calls for Akwa Ibom guber re-run
There was celebration in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, and Lagos on Wednesday following…
WikiLeaks publishes CIA director’s emails
AFP – The CIA accused WikiLeaks of “malicious intent” after the anti-secrecy campaign group published an initial tranche of documents…
De Bruyne scores winner as Man City beat Sevilla 2-1
Kevin de Bruyne’s 91st-minute winner gave Manchester City a dramatic Champions League victory over Group D rivals Sevilla. The Spanish…
20 shot dead by Boko Haram in Borno
AFP – Twenty people were shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen Wednesday on a road outside a village in…
FG withdraws forgery charges against LEADERSHIP newspapers journalists
The Federal Government has withdrawn the the alleged forgery of Presidential Bromide case filed against two journalists working with LEADERSHIP…
No distrust between Gov. Ganduje, Kwankwaso – SSG
Alhaji Rabi’u Bichi, the Secretary to the Kano State Government, has dismissed rumours of a mutual distrust between Governor Abdullahi…
GE donates N220m to UNICEF in support of IDPs in Borno
Leading technology and Infrastructure Company, General Electric (GE) has made a donation of $1m (220 million naira) to UNICEF (United…
I never said rich people are joining Boko Haram – Osinbajo
Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has stated that he never said rich citizens of the most populous black…
List of officials under investigation by FIFA ethics committee
Reuters – Here are background details of the current and former soccer officials named as being under investigation by FIFA’s…
Boko Haram suicide attack kills two Niger soldiers
Two Niger soldiers were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack by a group of suspected Boko Haram militants in…